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Practice Exam IREB Requirements Engineering – Foundation Level
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Requirements Engineering
Foundation Level
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1. Introduction and Foundations 1. Which of the following statements on

quality requirements are true and which are
false? requirements. C) Quality requirements are elicited after
the functional requirements.

D) Quality requirements can
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be substantiated with additional functional requirements.
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2 Points core activity of the requirements engineer? (1
answer)
A) Requirements negotiation
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B) Formalizing requirements
A) Quality requirements refer to the process of creating
software and not to the product. C) Documenting of requirements
B) Quality requirements can complement functional D) Requirements validation

A0120 1 Point

3. Among others, the customer demands from following: A) The contractor shall process a
the contractor who is responsible for change request within five days. B) The test
delivering an information system the reports of the integration test are to be disclosed
for examination, the test report of the system test Which two requirements refer to the system to
is to be handed over. C) At any time, the system be realized? (2 Answers) A) Requirement A
shall grant a throughput of 100 transactions per
B) Requirement B
second.
D) For configuration management, the tool C) Requirement C
Subversion has to be used. E) Under normal D) Requirement D

load the response time must not be more than E) Requirement E
two seconds in 90 percent of the cases. P0113 1 Point
2. System and Context Boundaries
4. Which two of the following types of

documentation are best suited to document P0201
the system context? (2 answers) 1 Point
A) Textual description (continuous text)
B) Data flow diagram
C) State diagram
D) Stakeholder list
E) Use case diagram
5. Which aspects need to be considered when K0202

defining the system boundary and the context 2 Points
boundary?
A) The system B) interfaces between

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6. Which of the below are included in the context? (2 answers)

definition of system and system boundary? (1
A) Incomplete or incorrect requirements
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B) Increased customer satisfaction
A) The affected software components
C) Cost reduction by focusing on the essentials

B) The necessary dialogues between the applications
D) System failure during operation because of unforeseen

C) The interfaces between the system and its
situations
environment
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D) The required capacity of the system
E) Costs of the project
7. During the requirements engineering

process for an online database you find that
data protection regulations do not apply, as
the data processed by the system is
anonymized.
What will be influenced by this finding? (1 A0207 1 Point
answer)
A) The system boundary
B) The context boundary
C) System interfaces
D) Gray zone of the system boundary
8. Which of the following statements related to

requirements engineering will most likely be
P0214 1 Point
the result of an incorrect view on the system
3. Eliciting Requirements B) Questionnaire
C) Field observation
9. Which two of the following statements best
characterize the relation between a D) Low-fidelity prototyping
requirements engineer and a stakeholder in

E) Brainstorming
the role of a tester? (2 answers)
A) The requirements engineer provides input for the

P0309 1 Point
stakeholder’s work. B) The requirements engineer’s
results are managed by the stakeholder.
C) The stakeholder contributes to the quality assurance of

the requirements engineer’s work.
D) The stakeholder supervises the requirements

engineer’s work.
E) There is no relation between the requirements

engineer’s work and the stakeholder role.
10. The Kano model describes that

dissatisfiers (basic factors) are hard to elicit.
A0312 1 Point
What is the best elicitation technique for
dissatisfiers? (1 answer) A) Interview
11. Which two aspects are the most important C) Questionnaires allow the participants‘ understanding to
to take into consideration in the choice of
be validated. D) Questionnaires provide insights on
suitable elicitation techniques for a product
data management software system? (2 delighters (excitement factors).
answers)
E) Questionnaires provide insights on dissatisfiers (basic
factors).
A) Availability of the stakeholders
B) Age of the stakeholders P0313

2 Points
C) Project deadlines and budget
D) Tools applied
E) Business the system is to be applied in
12. What are the two key advantages of using

questionnaires for requirements elicitation?
(2 answers)
A) A high number of participants is possible.
B) Statistically relevant statements on requirements can

be made. P0314
1 Point
13. You have to elicit requirements for sales prominent example of a wiki system is the
software that will be used worldwide. In the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
initial elicitation of requirements, participants A) The approach makes no sense as a wiki system is not
from all 30 branches should be involved. a requirements management tool.
Project management has decided that for the
B) The approach makes no sense because the initial
documentation of the initial requirements a requirements analysis must be carried out through
wiki system will be used. interviews done by a requirements engineer. .
Which of the following statements is most
C) The approach makes sense because all stakeholders
likely correct? (1 answer)
can collaboratively work and comment on the initial
requirements.
Comment: A wiki system is a web-based
D) The approach makes sense as wiki systems provides
system that allows several people to work on
a history (of the modifications).
one document collaboratively. The respective
A0315
revisions are visible for all people involved. A
2 Points
14. You work as a requirements engineer on a satisfiers are partially passed into the current
project to which a few years ago a forerunner
project existed. During this earlier project the dissatisfiers. D) The former satisfiers and dissatisfiers
requirements were documented with high need to be checked for completeness
quality. You decide to reuse a large part of theagainst the market trend.
old specification.
The requirements are classified according to

the Kano model. Which of the following
statements are correct and which are false? 15. Which of the following statements about
elicitation techniques are true and which are
false?
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A) An interview is a survey technique. B) Change of

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perspective is an observation technique. C) System

A) In principle, the current delighters must be determined
archaeology is an observation technique. D)
again. B) The current satisfiers are typically fully
Apprenticing is a creativity technique.
covered by the former delighters. C) The former

4. Documenting Requirements B) For the developers, it must be possible to change the
requirements easily.
16. You want to design a requirements C) For all people involved, the requirements have to be
consistent.
document in such a way that it is particularly
D) For the project manager, the requirements have to be
well suited for the people who will work with
prioritized.
the document in further phases of the
development process. E) For the maintenance staff, it must be possible to
prioritize the requirements

Choose from the following sentences the two
correct combinations of role and
requirements characteristic. (2 answers)
A) For the testers, it must be possible to realize the P0416 1 Point
requirements.
17. A company wants to support its process of the information system in the form of different
tender preparation with an information flows of user actions and system reactions.
system. The management of the company
hires a contractor to specify and develop or Which two of the following approaches are
buy such a system. For this project, you are particularly well suited to elicit and document
the contractor’s responsible requirements
the requirements in this case? (2 answers) A)
engineer. During initial discussions with Creating a class model
different representatives of the company you
B) Establishing a glossary
find, among other aspects, the following:
• Partly you do not understand the company’s C) Eliciting and documenting the quality requirements
terminology.
D) Creating a use case diagram and documenting the use
• It is obvious that that the company cases
representatives do not use a consistent E) Applying role plays

terminology.
F) Creating and testing prototypes
• Your main contact person at the company P0417
described his ideas by telling you the 2 Points
expected interactions between specialists and
18. Which of the following statements on the

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A) Stakeholders should be able to

read the notation used.
B) UML diagrams have to be applied

in projects with object-oriented
development.
C) To ensure optimal communication,

a form of notation should be used that
is aligned to the type of requirement.
D) A graphical notation like UML is

easier to understand.
19. Unambiguity and consistency are counted
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among the quality criteria of requirements

A) Only those requirements documents are unambiguous,
documents. in which each individual requirement is unambiguous.
Which of the following statements are correct B) A requirements document might be inconsistent, even
and which are false? though each individual requirement is itself consistent.
C) One of the characteristics of unambiguity is that each

requirement can be uniquely identified.
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D) One of the characteristics of unambiguity is that only

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2 Points

5. Documenting Requirements in E) Requirements written in accordance with the
Natural Language requirements template satisfy all quality criteria for

requirements.
20. A requirements template can be used for

the documentation of natural language 21. Given the following requirement "The
requirements. You want to introduce such a system Alpha should display all data sets in
requirements template in your project and all sub menus." state which violation of the
have to convince your project manager of the rules for natural language documentation
benefits. leads to the most severe problem? (1 answer)
Which two arguments could you use best in A) The requirement is written in the passive voice.
this discussion? (2 answers)
A) A minimum quality of the requirements is achieved B) Universal quantifiers have been used.
already with the initial documentation.

C) The legal obligation of the requirement is not defined.
B) Requirements formulated in accordance with the
requirements template do not contain any linguistic D) The degree of the requirement’s obligation is not
temporally specified.
transformational effects.
C) Learning how to write requirements in accordance with

the requirements template does not require much time.
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D) Using a requirements template basically delivers a 2 Points
greater degree of information content.
A0508 1 Point

22. Which of the following statements on 23. For the fleet management of a courier
requirements templates are true and which service, a system needs to be developed. The
are false? system must periodically transmit the
geoposition of a vehicle to the central unit.
The following requirement was documented:
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„The system should be in operation as long as the
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ignition key is in the switch.“ Which measure

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can most likely improve the quality of this
requirement? (1 Answer)
A) Addition of a state diagram.

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A) Requirements templates are a blueprint for the B) Application of a requirements template.

syntactical structure of a single requirement.
C) Addition of a context diagram.
B) Requirements templates help to prevent incomplete
formulation of requirements in natural language. D) Reference to the glossary.
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C) Requirements that were documented with the aid of
2 Points
requirements templates are inherently of a higher quality
than freely formulated requirements.
D) All authors of a requirements specification are obliged

to apply the same requirements template.
24. Consider the requirements template below -
for the formulation of requirements in natural K0523

language. 2 Points
MUST
When? <Object & Additional BE ABLE TO THE SYSTEM

Under what object details> Process word SHOULD
circumstances
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WILL
Which of the following statements are true and which are false?
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A) The template is very suitable for the formulation of independent system

activities.
B) The template is very suitable for the formulation of user interactions. C) The template is
very suitable for the formulation of interface requirements.
D) The template is very suitable for the formulation of logical and temporal
conditions.
6. Model-based Requirements of 20 minutes and must take the constraints

Documentation depicted in the following diagram into
consideration.
25. To support young actors and directors, a
contest for short films is held. The three best
films will be presented with an award. The K0619
submitted films must have a maximum length 2 Points
Actor stars in 1..10 title Director

Film
name directed by name
0..* 1..3
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Do the following statements match the above diagram?
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one actor may be submitted. C) A number of films. E) A film must have

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A) Three directors may direct a film

director may direct two submitted ten actors starring in it.
collaboratively. B) A film with only
films. D) An actor may star in any
26. What is not depicted in a use case diagram? (1 answer) A0620 1 Point
A) The process steps of an application.
B) The actors of an application.
C) The use cases of an application.
D) The boundary between an application and its environment.
E) An application’s functionality.
27. The following state chart represents the

behavior of an online shopping system. This
system provides the customers with the
possibility to browse the available product
catalogue and to purchase items.
Do the following statements match the above

diagram?
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B) A direct transition from the state to happen to enter the state Ordering.
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A) A direct transition from the state Catalogue View to the state

Entering Shipment Details to the Confirming Order is possible. D) To leave the state Ordering the
state Catalogue View is possible. event purchasing canceled has to
C) The event purchase chosen has happen.

28. The following activity diagram represents device
performing a measurement. Initialize network

connection Load certificates
Initialize memory Register at server
Collect measurement
data
Process and transfer

measurement data
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Initialize measuring
2 Points
Has data transfer been confirmed? [not OK]

[OK] Deactivate measuring device
Resend measurement data
Do the following statements match the above diagram?

as Load certificates is ready.

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C) Initialize network connection and

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Load certificates have to finish at the

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same time.
happen prior to Register at server. B)
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D) Check data transfer is always done
directly before Deactivate measuring
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Register at server happens as soon

device.
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29. In requirements engineering, which two C) Models can be better checked than natural language,
substantial advantages do graphical models as they follow formalized syntax and semantics.
(e.g. use case models or state machines) have D) Models are created with tools using a repository.
over plain textual specifications in natural Therefore, models are better suited for managing
language? (2 answers) requirements.
A) A model representing reality contains condensed E) With proper tools, source code can be generated from
models.
information and can therefore be comprehended faster.
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B) Models allow for complete description of the planned 2 Points
system.
30. Decide for each of the statements on the Query traffic information
diagram below if they are true or false.
Start nav igation
Enter destination Determine GPS
coordinates
Ask for desire to calculate the Calculate route
Display route
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route dynamically
[Avoid congestions] [Do not avoid congestions]

C) The system can ask for the desire to calculate the
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route dynamically without having to determine the GPS

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A) A route can be calculated without querying traffic coordinates first.
information. B) A route can be calculated after querying D) The order of Enter destination and Determine GPS
coordinates is arbitrary.
traffic information.

31. Conceptual models have to adhere to

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semantics and which do not?

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B) The syntax determines which modeling language. D) The

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model elements of a modeling
semantics define the purpose of
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language can be used.
A) The semantics are the basis for the
C) The syntax defines the valid applying a modeling language.
interpretation of conceptual models in
a modeling language.
combinations of constructs of a
32. You are modeling the requirements for a A) Data flow diagram
management system to be applied in

B) Laus–Ohl diagram
universities. The steps of enrollment
(matriculation) of a new student at a C) Activity diagram
university are to be documented using a
D) Class diagram
model-based approach. Which two of the
following diagrams are best suited? (2 E) Use case diagram
answers) P0626 1 Point
33. A system is described from different C) Static usage relations and dependencies.
perspectives. What is described in the D) Structure of input and output data.

functional perspective? (1 answer) A) Portability
E) Transformation of input data into output data.
of the system. A0627 1 Point
B) Reaction of the system upon internal events.

34. Recently, a new employee was hired by below are true and which are false?
your company as a requirements engineer.
She is to be involved in internal development
projects and will help with the analysis phase.
In your company the results of an analysis
are documented in UML diagrams. Your new
employee does not fully understand these
yet, so your superiors have asked you to
support and coach her. Based on the
following Use Case diagram, you explain the
basic characteristics of UML Use Case
diagrams to her. System
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Which statements regarding the diagram
2 Points
Actor 1 Actor 2 «extend»

Use Case 1 «include»
Use Case 3
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A) Use Case 2 is only triggered by Use Case 1. B) Use

Case 1 can be triggered by Actor 1. C) Use Case 3 may Case 1 is always triggered during the execution of Use
end without being triggered by Use Case 1. D) While Case 2.
Use Case 1 proceeds, Use Case 3 is triggered. E) Use

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criteria.
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Which two of the following qualities belong to 1 Point
the quality aspect “content“? (2 answers)
A) Completeness
B) Understandability
C) Unambiguity
D) Consistency
E) Size
36. Which of the following principles should

you adhere to during an inspection and which
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not?
2 Points
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predetermined inspection process.

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A) Strict compliance to the
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B) Strict separation of the roles of the Individual preparation of the identification and correction of errors.
moderator and the reader. C) participants. D) Separation of

37. A company produces supplier parts for the who have not been involved in the
automotive industry. The management has creation of the requirements document as
decided to make the company’s product reviewers.
catalog available online and to create the Based on the above decide for the following
possibility of direct web-based online orders. decisions of the project manager whether
This option had been particularly demanded they are appropriate or not.
by one important customer.
The company has started a corresponding
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development project. Now, the requirements

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specification has been finished. The project

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checked using a walkthrough. She chooses

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review method walkthrough. feasibility study.
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D) In this situation, the project

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A) The timing the project manager C) After the document walkthrough, a

manager has decided not to involve
walkthrough is planned for the
any representatives of the major
chose for the walkthrough. B) The prototype of the user interface from a
customer.
38. For a navigation system to be used answer)

internationally, a stakeholder demands a A) Relationship conflict
female voice only for the voice output.
Another stakeholder considers this B) Interest conflict
discriminatory and demands a male voice in

C) Structural conflict
addition. Which of the following types of
conflicts describes this conflict best? (1 D) Value Conflict
A0720 1 Point

39. A) Perspective based reading

In your project, a new braking system for
high speed trains is developed. Clearly the B) Prototype
result of the development is a safety critical
component of the vehicle and it has to C) Walkthrough
comply with various quality requirements.

D) Inspection
Which validation technique is suitable for this A0721
situation? 2 Points
(1 answer)
8. Requirements Management C) Requirements can be hidden from unauthorized

stakeholders .
40. Which of the following statements about D) It is assured that several people can work on one
views on requirements are true and which are specification at the same time.
false?
41. The traceability of requirements aims at
several goals. Indicate the statement that is

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not correct. (1 answer) A) Traceability facilitates an

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impact analysis.
B) Traceability facilitates the verification of

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C) Traceability facilitates exports from a requirements
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management tool. D) Traceability facilitates finding a
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requirement’s source.
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A) Not the whole document has to be read for a particular

perspective .
B) To support the review process, requirements which A0820 1 Point

belong together are grouped.
42. Additional information on requirements is

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managed using attributes. An example of

A) … for estimating the overall size of a specification. B)
such additional information is a unique
identifier. … for having an unambiguous basis for communication.
Which of the following statements regarding C) … for establishing references to other requirements.
the purpose of unique identifiers are true and
which are false? D) … for establishing traceability to other development
“Unique identifiers are helpful…”

artifacts.
43.
How many versions of a requirement occur
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2 Points answer)
A) One version of each selected requirement.
B) One version of every requirement.
C) The latest version of each selected requirement.
D) The latest version of every requirement.

A0833 1 Point
44. B) Prior to adjusting the requirements to the change

You have produced a requirements
requests, the impact of the changes is to be determined.
baseline and delivered it to development. In
the meantime, stakeholders have submitted C) The earliest occasion for realizing corrective and
new requests for change to you. adaptive changes to the requirements would be the
delivery of the next requirements configuration to
Which of the following answers represent a
development.
correct change management of
requirements? (2 answers) D) Time-critical change requests are neither analyzed nor
estimated, but delivered directly to development.
A) Changes with regard to requirements that are part of
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the baseline are implemented through the creation of
new versions within this requirements baseline.
2 points
9. Tool Support B) The choice of a tool should be left to the users of the
tool.
45. As a requirements engineer for a company,

C) The choice of a tool is substantially determined by the
you are to choose a tool for requirements flexibility of the definable attributes.
management. In this context, which of the
D) The choice of a tool is also influenced by the tool chain
following statements are true and which are
(e.g. configuration management) the tool is to be applied
false? in.
46. Which of the following is not a

characteristic of requirements management
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tools? (1 answer)
A) Managing logical relations between data.

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B) Deriving test cases from requirements.
2 Points
C) Generating documents from the data.
D) Supporting views on requirements.
E) Organizing information, for instance by assigning

attributes or creating a hierarchy.
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A) The tool has to support the artifacts demanded in the
requirements engineering process applied.

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Practice Exam IREB Requirements Engineering – Foundation Level

Passed Failed Total number of points

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This practice exam provides an example of an actual IREB Requirements Engineering

In order to pass this exam, as in an actual examination, a mark of 70,00 percent

Evaluation of the results

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1. Introduction and Foundations 1. Which of the following statements on

the functional requirements.

K0111 2. Which of the following activities is not a

B) Quality requirements can complement functional D) Requirements validation

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Subversion has to be used. E) Under normal D) Requirement D

2. System and Context Boundaries

4. Which two of the following types of

the system context? (2 answers) 1 Point

A) Textual description (continuous text)

B) Data flow diagram

E) Use case diagram

5. Which aspects need to be considered when K0202

A) The system B) interfaces between

The system context system and system

C) The irrelevant context

6. Which of the below are included in the context? (2 answers)

C) Cost reduction by focusing on the essentials

D) System failure during operation because of unforeseen

E) Costs of the project

7. During the requirements engineering

A) The system boundary

B) The context boundary

D) Gray zone of the system boundary

8. Which of the following statements related to

3. Eliciting Requirements B) Questionnaire

requirements engineer and a stakeholder in

A) The requirements engineer provides input for the

results are managed by the stakeholder.

C) The stakeholder contributes to the quality assurance of

D) The stakeholder supervises the requirements

E) There is no relation between the requirements

10. The Kano model describes that

B) Age of the stakeholders P0313

E) Business the system is to be applied in

12. What are the two key advantages of using

A) A high number of participants is possible.

B) Statistically relevant statements on requirements can

The requirements are classified according to

A) An interview is a survey technique. B) Change of

perspective is an observation technique. C) System

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prioritize the requirements

representatives do not use a consistent E) Applying role plays

18. Which of the following statements on the

choice of notations for the documentation of

functional requirements apply and which do

A) Stakeholders should be able to

B) UML diagrams have to be applied

C) To ensure optimal communication,

D) A graphical notation like UML is

among the quality criteria of requirements

C) One of the characteristics of unambiguity is that each

D) One of the characteristics of unambiguity is that only

K0423 technical terms from the glossary are used.

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